Ethnography Report of 7/22/14, Room 4057, Operation: Investigate 4057 with caution

by: Matthew and Nicholas

If you are reading this or hearing this, and not someone who knows me I will have to bring amnesia to your mind.

I am a magician. I am everybody who is not you. In every brain I have put a component of my magic that allows me to see what the person I'm looking through sees.

I have created spies (who are actually magic particles) to help me look for trouble

This room of 4057 in this college called Cal State University has been getting a lot of reports. None of the spy's I have sent have returned in one piece, some have not returned to this day, even though they are impossible to see. I have a sense of some evil sorcery lurking here. Many people have tried before me and my spies, but now, I shall take this into my own hands and stop this nonsense.


9:06 Three women enter elevator at the bottom floor, they talk about their weekend. One women celebrated a man's life. Very interesting

9:14 Ted (he looks like the leader) yells "Mitchell is here!" A boy walks in. He looks extremely sleepy. Did someone put a potion of drowsiness on him? If so he must be associated with the world of magicians to receive that potion

9:17 A students named Robles and Mitchell (the guy from before who looked sleepy) start whispering. Should I keep in eye on those two suspicious students?

9:19 Another student enters. His name is Anthony. I must keep a eye on him too.

9:20 The class start morning pages. Morning pages looks like a time for people to plot things or just for self-enjoyment stories. Then, Robles and a different boy named Alex start to talk. This is getting very suspicious.

9:21 Now, Robles, Mitchell and Alex start staring around like they heard me. I think they may be evil magicians in hiding.

9:23 Jason drops his pencil case. Could this be a signal of some sort?

9:26 The leader, Ted and another leader named Claudia start to talk very quietly. Also suspicious. I am getting nervous with these weird signs.

9:27 Ted says "11 minutes" What does that mean?

9'29 A boy named Akita sneezes. How dare no one says bless you. Very rude.

9:30 Mitchell and Alex start mumbling something. I am getting very suspicious of those boys sitting in the corner.

9:32 A water bottle drops suddenly

9:37 Robles starts being a distraction

9:39 Anthony hands a pen (maybe a wand) to Ted

9:44 A soothing sound rings from a device being held by Ted. Could this be a spell?

9:45 Mitch starts talking about his trip to Hawaii and that he saw lots of chickens and a seal

9:45 Akita hands Matthew his cupcakes so Robles won't take any. Is Robles a thief?

9:46 Three readers, Mitchell, Alex and Akita start reading their ethnography report

9:51 They finish their description of yesterday. It sounds like a disaster occurred to three other spies. Poor them, I'll try to save them after this.

9:52 Akita receives back his cupcakes from Matthew

9:54-9:56 Ted reads about a girl in a book called A Wrinkle In Time by: Madeline L'Engel (I think Meg is kind of crazy)

10:01 Anthony, Robles and Ted talk about "it" in the book, who is apparently a brain sort of guy, like me

10:04 Nicholas says "Where is my paper?!"

10:04-10:35 Ted talks about how to make a good character and how it needs a character that you could relate to

  • You need dialogue to know the personality of the character

  • You need actions that reflect on the character

  • Flashbacks to learn about the characters past

  • Other characters may effect the main characters traits and actions

  • Characters need quirks or unique habits

  • Maybe a pet or comfort object that they talk to (like my wand and pet frog in the jar)

10:07 Tyler drops his pencil

10:25 Nicholas makes a weird noise

10:25 Ted continues. This time about narrative stories

If you look back for about a hour, there has been some very suspicious actions.

  • A good lead

  • characters are different and are like what he said earlier

  • Setting, time, place and relationships

  • The characters change in the story

  • Problems

  • Resolution or not (maybe)

10:35 Jade sneezes

10:30- 10:36 Mitchell falls asleep. Maybe he did drink a potion of drowsiness

10:37 Ted wakes him up and moves him from behind Robles to in front of him.

10:38 Ted says "Get your ideas down and don't stare at a blank page"

10:40 Ted shares the beginning of a short story by a boy named Tyler

11:00 Break starts

11:01 Matthew buys M@M's, Nicholas buys Chex MIx and Robles buys a soda

11:01 Robles talks about his lost cookies. Could this be his reason why he is evil, he wants his cookies back?

11:03 Matthew, Alex, Tyler and some other boys find a dead rodent on the field. All the little children want to touch it. Maybe I'll take the rodent and make a potion out of it

11:06 Jade gets scared when Matthew faked a football throw at her. How cruel!

11:07 Some girls hide form Isabella

11:08-11:20 Some boys play football and Tyler acts like Clayton Kershaw. I was watching, Tyler had the ball and tried to juke Robles by sliding down. Instead he fell down and hurt himself

11:20 Break Ends

11:21-11:25 We have some elevator issues. The boys pick up two women and a girl. These people come with us into the classroom and hear the story

11:28 Ted continues reading this story about Mike

11.29 The Women and child leave

11:40 Ted finishes the story

11:41-11:44 Claudia teaches about setting, problem and characters

She then tells us that we will be writing a story. I decide to write too.

  • Make a plan

  • Use cause and effect

  • A weird sound rings

  • Fail to learn

12:15-12:20 Anthony, Justin, Naolin, Andrew, Eunice share their lead

12:21 Readers leave

12:59 I leave


After reviewing my notes carefully I decided to interrogate Robles, Mitchell and Alex. As they walked through the dim hallways of this horrid place I find Mitchell, Alex and Robles. I step in front of them. Then I ask them:

M: Are you a evil magician?

Robles:No

Mitchell: No

Alex: No

Then I cast my spell of truthfulness on them. Same answer. So now I had to erase their memory of this confrontation. As they past me, I shoot them with my magic wand. They all stare blankly for a second, then they continue walking again.


I decide to let them go but I keep a spy there just in case. Any how, it was really fun today. I hope to return soon to this domain.

These are some hints of who I was spying through

  • This person plays all sports

  • This person is a boy

  • This person always wears a jacket and usually never takes it off

  • He also presses the buttons in the elevator after everyone leaves sometimes

Answer: Nicholas